Doctor advised C section at 38 weeks

Hi all...my doctor has advised me to go for c section exactly at 38 weeks ...though as per my LMP my due date is 9 Oct , she suggested me to go for c section on 27th September as she says it won't make much of a difference and as I m going for elective c section why take a risk.
However I took a second opinion and the other doctor says to wait till 39 weeks and do a c section after 1st October
.anytime. I m really confused...any of u facing the same situation..pls let me know and please give your valuable advise.

If its elective surgery, why do you want to wait and take any sort of risk ? Yes, my doc had asked for c section on 36th week but I opted to wait for two more weeks as I wanted normal delivery- this waa during my first delivery.

any exp doc wud ask you to go for C section post 36 as its a full term pregnancy. And offcourse, docs also go by their diary of appointments.

you may take a decision listening to your heart and elders, all the best.

In reply to Raanu19

21/09/16

If its elective surgery, why do you want to wait and take any sort of risk ? Yes, my doc had asked for c section on 36th week but I opted to wait for two more weeks as I wanted normal delivery- this waa during my first delivery.

any exp doc wud ask you to go for C section post 36 as its a full term pregnancy. And offcourse, docs also go by their diary of appointments.

you may take a decision listening to your heart and elders, all the best.

shall await the good news :)

Thanks for your reply Raanu..I 'll discuss this with my doc...let's see what she suggests finally after hearing me..hope all goes well.

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